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Lewis D. Scherer

Lewis D. Scherer
Biographical details
Born(1879-06-11)June 11, 1879
Asbury Township, Gallatin County, Illinois, U.S.
DiedJuly 16, 1963(1963-07-16) (aged 84)
Chehalis, Washington, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Chicago (1904)
Playing career
1905Chicago
Position(s)Right guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1906–1908Nebraska State Normal
1910–1912Baker
Head coaching record
Overall15–23–4

Lewis Daniel Scherer (June 11, 1879 – July 16, 1963) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Nebraska State Normal School, known as Peru State College, from 1907 to 1908 and at Baker University from 1910 to 1912. Scherer was an alumnus of the University of Chicago.[1] He started at right guard on the 1905 Chicago Maroons football team, which was later recognized as a national champion.[2]

Early life

Scherer was born in Butler, Illinois on June 11, 1879. His was raised in Chehalis, Washington after his family moved to the city in 1891.[3] He attended the University of Washington and was the team's starting center on defense, receiving all-star notoriety and declared the "best center-rush ever turned out at the Seattle varsity" and "never fails to 'get the charge' on his opponent".[4]

Coaching career

Prior to becoming a head football coach, Scherer served as physical director for Nebraska State Normal School in Peru, Nebraska, resigning in January 1910 under the title of professor to work as an assistant for a doctor at Harvard.[5] Scherer was the head football coach at the Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas for three seasons, from 1910 to 1912, compiling a record of 8–13–2.[6] After a winless 1910 season, Scherer began 1911 with better hope, though noting a lack of returning men from his main rotation. He focused on the kicking game, described as being helmed by one of the best kickers in the state.[7] While coaching, Scherer received a degree from Baker in 1912.[8]

Personal life and death

Scherer was recognized in 1913 as a "C" man, an honorific given to certain University of Chicago ballplayers of note during the mid-to-late 1900s, during the dedication of a new grandstand at Stagg Field, then known as Marshall Field.[9] After his college coaching career, Scherer returned to Chehalis where he began to raise Holstein cows in 1921, quickly becoming a successful breeder.[10][11] He was hired as a teacher at the Chehalis High School in 1922[12] and became principal of the city's Dillenbaugh school the following year.[13] In 1926, along with other members, he began and led a cooperative chicken hatchery in Chehalis.[14] Similar to his breeding business, the hatchery became successful and he began an interest in crop farming.[15]

Scherer and his wife, Helen, who was a school teacher and educator in Chehalis, had two daughters, Doris and Phyllis. Helen died at the age of 55 on May 24, 1934.[16] Lewis married Minnie Rutledge in August 1935.[17] Scherer filed a request for divorce two months later in mid-October, claiming his new bride "developed a dislike for him" and he was being treated cruelly.[18] He was reported as having a wife by September 1936.[19]

Scherer died on July 16, 1963, at his home in Chehalis, Washington, survived by a widow, Bozena, and his daughter Doris.[3]

Head coaching record

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Nebraska State Normal (Independent) (1906–1908)
1906 Nebraska State Normal 3–5–1
1907 Nebraska State Normal 3–1–1
1908 Nebraska State Normal 1–4
Nebraska State Normal: 7–10–2
Baker Methodists (Kansas College Athletic Conference) (1910–1912)
1910 Baker 0–6–1
1911 Baker 5–2–1
1912 Baker 3–5
Baker: 8–13–2
Total: 15–23–4

References

  1. ^ University of Chicago. Alumni Association; University of Chicago. Alumni Council (1909). The University of Chicago Magazine. Vol. 1. University of Chicago, Alumni Association. ISSN 0041-9508. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  2. ^ The Cap and Gown. University of Chicago. 1906. p. 240. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "L. D. Scherer Succumbs". The Daily Chronicle. Centralia, Washington. July 17, 1963. p. 2. Retrieved October 24, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "The Crack Man For Center". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. January 2, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
  5. ^ "Peru". The Lincoln Daily Star. January 20, 1910. p. 10. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
  6. ^ "Wildcat Football Records" (PDF). Baker University. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  7. ^ "Baker Ready For Football". The Topeka Daily State Journal. September 7, 1911. p. 2. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
  8. ^ "Baker Has Large Class". The Topeka State Daily Journal. February 22, 1912. p. 8. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
  9. ^ "Maroon Coach To Return From West This Week". Chicago Examiner. July 6, 1913. p. 17. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
  10. ^ "The L.E. Olson Sale". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. September 16, 1921. p. 10. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
  11. ^ "Five Calves In Year". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. August 3, 1923. p. 1. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
  12. ^ "Horn Head School Board". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. June 2, 1922. p. 5. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
  13. ^ "New School Heads". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. June 29, 1923. p. 2. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
  14. ^ "An Accredited Hatchery Here". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. September 10, 1926. p. 1. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
  15. ^ "Honors 350 Egg Hen". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. November 20, 1931. p. 4. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
  16. ^ "Death Strikes In Six Families". The Centralia Daily Chronicle. May 25, 1934. p. 1. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
  17. ^ "Married During The Week". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. August 9, 1935. p. 4. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
  18. ^ "New Cases Filed With The Lewis County Clerk". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. October 18, 1935. p. 6. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
  19. ^ "Untitled". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. September 11, 1936. p. 4. Retrieved October 24, 2024. See 3rd column, bottom
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